Timeline
showing the position of women in the Church over the past two thousand years
Our TIMELINE gives links to more than a thousand historical records we have online.
They document the prejudices and misconceptions church leaders had about women: Fathers of the Church, local Synods and church councils, bishops, theologians, popes.
They also show how emancipation in society began to have an influence on thinking in the Church, and how prominent women paved the way for liberation in all areas of life, including religion.
Click on each century to discover the full story!
 | THE ROMAN EMPIRE0 – 100 AD100 – 200 AD200 – 300 AD300 – 400 AD400 -500 AD |  | NEW CIVILIZATIONS IN EUROPE500 – 600 AD600 – 700 AD700 – 800 AD800 – 900 AD900 – 1000 AD |
 | THE MIDDLE AGES1000 – 1100 AD1100 – 1200 AD1200 – 1300 AD1300 – 1400 AD1400 – 1500 AD |  | RENAISSANCE1500 – 1600 AD1600 – 1700 AD1700 – 1800 AD1800 – 1900 ADMODERN ERA 1900 – 1950 AD1950 – 2000 AD |